Stark Shadows (Stark Trilogy Book 2) by Bradley CD

Author:Bradley,CD [Bradley,CD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CD Bradley LLC
Published: 2016-09-24T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Kira checked her traps. She was getting plenty of mosquitos. She couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that they were missing something. They were in their third village on the border with Brazil this time. Brazil had been especially proactive in the war on mosquitos since they had gotten the bid for the summer Olympics for 2016. Brazil was also the epicenter of the Zika outbreak and the cases of Microcephaly. Kira felt strongly that the catalyst had something to do with the process of crossing the Atlantic or the breeding ground in Brazil

Kira’s team worked harder than ever. They took water samples, collected larvae, and treated the water supplies. They had also been given impressive PCR test kits made from BioStar that allowed them to check for the presence of the Zika virus in local populations with a finger stick rather than have to collect vials of blood and transport them back to the lab for confirmation. This way they only took back blood from people who tested positive.

“Many of these villages have not had any treatment for their water or preventative care.” Brooke had told her before they left. The amazon forest in Peru is largely untouched. It is the lung of the earth. An ecosystem that contains 70% of all life on earth. Kira felt incredibly small in the magnitude of this jungle.

Despite finding a few cases that tested positive for Zika they hadn’t encountered any microcephaly or Guillaine Barre that could be linked yet. They continued to push toward the heart of the jungle. Capturing mosquitos with hopes of finding a link and to help prepare a vaccine.

“Are you having luck finding el zancudo?” Javier had walked up beside her as she checked her next set of traps and documented her findings.

Kira gasped and almost dropped the trap she was working on. “Wow you scared me. I didn’t know anyone was out here.” She looked up at Javier. He was standing about five feet away just out of the shadow of the dense canopy. The jungle was so thick in this area it was possible to disappear into the shadows and still be very close. Whether Holt was right about Javier or not Kira was thankful to have someone with them who at least knew the area. “El zancudo?” Kira wished like hell her Spanish was more fluent.

“The mosquito.” He said giving her a half smile. “You are trying to capture el zancudo no?’ The words rolled off his tongue. His accent was beautiful.

“We are working on it. I don’t feel like we are making a lot of progress though. I mean we are collecting a lot of samples so they should help back at the lab but, I don’t know I still don’t understand how the virus changed so rapidly.”

He was leaning against a tree listening and smiling at her while she worked. “No Bueno?” He asked raising his dark eyebrows.

“You probably can’t understand a thing I am ranting about can you. I’m sorry…” She tried hard to remember how to apologize in Spanish.

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